wc(1) wc(1)
NAME
wc - word count
SYNOPSIS
wc [-lwc] [file . . .]
DESCRIPTION
wc counts the number of newline characters, words, and bytes
in the named files, or in the standard input if no file
appears. It also keeps a total count for all named files.
A word is a maximal string of characters delimited by white
space. White space is a sequence of characters designated as
isspace in the current locale, as set by LC_CTYPE [see LANG on
environ(5)]. In the C locale, white space is one of the
following characters: space, newline, horizontal tab, vertical
tab, formfeed, carriage return.
wc processes supplementary code set characters according to
the locale specified in the LC_CTYPE environment variable.
Supplementary code set characters are ignored as possible
white space characters, and in word counts.
The standard output for each file is the same as the output of
printf(1) given this input:
"%d %d %d %s\n" newlines words bytes file
For every option that is not specified, the corresponding
``%d '' is not written. If no file is given, the `` %s'' is
omitted. For the totals line, the file is replaced with the
locale's equivalent to ``total'' [in the C locale, ``total''
is written].
OPTIONS
-l Report the number of newline characters (lines).
-w Report the number of words.
-c Report the number of bytes.
If none of the options are specified, the default is
equivalent to -lwc.
FILES
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/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]
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